Comments on: Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Rwanda and Libya

By: Exiled_At_Home (formerly Neo)

Exiled_At_Home (formerly Neo) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:51:50 +0000

Rusty,

Traditionally, our media covers Israeli issues ad naseum. What’s more, they do it in a blatantly disproportionate and unprofessionally biased manner. An Israeli air-strike in Gaza that wipes out an entire family of Palestinians is buried, or at best, reframed as “Israeli air-strike kills militants in Gaza.” The next day, however, headlines scream, “Hamas rockets terrorize Israeli civilians!” If you don’t see coverage for the shamelessly pro-Israel propaganda that it is, then you are a fool. Also, without trying to trivialize the deaths of the illegal settler family in Itamar, that story has been well-covered. What’s not ever covered, though, is the near daily attacks and harrassment Palestinians face from zealot settlers. For one weeks worth of Israeli settler aggression see: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11780.shtml
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As for Samantha Power, our dear, dear friends over at The America (ISRAELI) Thinker have this to say: “The problem for those who favor a strong US-Israel relationship is that Power seems obsessed with Israel, and in a negative way. Much like the authors of the Baker-Hamilton report, she believes resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is central to solving other problems in the Middle East. And it is clear that her approach to addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be for the US to behave in a more “even handed” fashion, which of course means withdrawing US support for Israel, and instead applying more pressure on Israel for concessions.” Now I see why you don’t like her. She urges even-handedness. That doesn’t work so well for Israel, does it? Rules, justice, fairness. All that is can be very problematic if Eretz Israel is to be attained…

By: afguy

afguy — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:58:57 +0000

Trust me, anon, your point is well taken.
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And, given the polarization of the past few administrations, I guess more than a little of that is to be expected.
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But I guess I’d like a little more obvious independence from the political appointees, because, over recent history, I’ve gotten the distinct impression that, oath of office notwithstanding, they are increasingly chosen for their personal loyalty to the person of the President, rather than their loyalty to the oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”

By: newfreedomblog

newfreedomblog — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:59:05 +0000

Oops, substitute Crowley in all the Massimo comments. My bad.

By: newfreedomblog

newfreedomblog — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:57:02 +0000

“Now, remind me, WHY are we using a bunch of Clinton Third-Way™ “re-treads” in these key policy positions? Payback to Bill and Hillary for not burning the house down during the campaign?”

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Great question. However the “Third-way” link is really not Clinton, but Soros. Yes, good ‘ol George and his “Open Society”. Of course you are not totally off, in my opinion Third Way and Open Society are one and the same.
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By the way Massimo, is it true that Samantha Powers is married to none other than the Czar of Regulations, Cass Sustein? Hmmmm Cozy little relationship there in the Obama Administration. Hmmmmm
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Perhaps this is Powers’ ruse to “use force against those who commit genocide, kind of like how Israel is supposedly doing against the Palestinians, right?
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Do you think that once they “kill all those evil people” in Libya, that the next stop will be to go after all of those “evil people in Israel”? What do you think Massimo?
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So many questions, so many different things going on around the world, almost chaos. Well, who is great at taking advantage of chaos? Who has made billions upon billions of dollars speculating, and chaos is the key ingredient of his success? Hmmmmmm
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By the way, how are things in Israel these days? We do not hear much since all of the revolutions have started up across the Middle East. Has there been any bombings from across the border with Gaza? Any suicide bombers? Maybe a whole Jewish family murdered in their beds lately?

By: anon76

anon76 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:53:32 +0000

My impression is that Rice has had her own voice on foreign policy, and that it has been quite separate from Third Way triangulation, even if she did happen to work in the Clinton administration. There’s a pretty broad line between bringing in fresh voices and not having completely inexperienced people in important positions. If you’re going to fill out a position like UN ambassador, would you rather do it with someone who gained foreign policy experience in a previous presidential administration, or someone who has no previous work in govenment?

By: afguy

afguy — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:25:39 +0000

So, did Rice support intervention in Libya out of a sense of an opportunity for personal vindication?
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Lord, I HOPE it’s more than that…
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Now, remind me, WHY are we using a bunch of Clinton Third-Way™ “re-treads” in these key policy positions? Payback to Bill and Hillary for not burning the house down during the campaign?
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We’re keeping GWB policies in place in the Justice Department and even expanding them.
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How do you get fresh ideas if the players remain pretty much the same and the instructions continue to be “wash, rinse, re-cycle”?